READINGS IN PUBLIC FINANCE,This collection of essays on the theory and development of public finance provides a comprehensive overview of the discipline and its evolution by a stellar international cast of contributors. In a substantive introduction, Amaresh Bagchi lucidly explains the basic issues that have emerged and discusses their treatment in the existing literature. The volume is divided into five thematic sections that explore.These essays edited by Amaresh Bagchi are authored by most reputed academicians in this field which include, among others, James Buchanan, Joseph Stiglitz, Raja Chelliah, Richard Musgrave, on fiscal policies, economic policies, tax reforms, etc. in the context of financial reforms as a separate discipline of economics.